Teaching About Evolution And The Nature Of Science

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Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science provides a well-structured framework for understanding and teaching evolution. Written for teachers, parents, and community officials as well as for scientists and educators, this book illustrates how evolution explains both the great diversity and the underlying similarity of the earth's organisms; it explores how scientists approach the question of evolution; and it describes the nature of science as a way of knowing about the natural world. In addition, the book provides answers to frequently asked questions to help readers understand many of the issues and misconceptions about evolution.

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http://books.nap.edu/catalog/5787.html T E A C H I N G A B O U T E V O L U T I O N A N D T H E N A T U R E O F S C I E N C E NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS Washington, DC Copyright 2004 © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF File provided by the National Academies Press (www.nap.edu) for research purposes are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Distribution, posting, or copying is strictly prohibited without written permission of the NAP. Generated for [email protected] on Sat Oct 9 17:18:26 2004 http://books.nap.edu/catalog/5787.html ii • NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20418 The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter gran
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